AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic and international flights to 100 destinations spanning 22 countries. Its main hub is klia2, the low-cost carrier terminal at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia: all its Kuala Lumpur departures and arrivals operate through this terminal. Its affiliate airlines Thai AirAsia, Indonesia AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia, AirAsia Zest, and AirAsia India have hubs in Don Mueang International Airport, Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Ninoy Aquino International Airport, and Kempegowda International Airport respectively, while its subsidiary, AirAsia X, focuses on long-haul routes. AirAsia’s registered office is in Petaling Jaya, Selangor while its head office is at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
But not only AirAsia offers cheap flights all over Asia:
Carrier | Country | Fleet size |
---|---|---|
Lion Air | Indonesia | 94 |
AirAsia | Malaysia | 74 |
Jetstar Airways | Australia | 74 |
Cebu Pacific Air | Philippines | 48 |
Spring Airlines | China | 39 |
Thai AirAsia | Thailand | 35 |
Indonesia AirAsia | Indonesia | 30 |
TigerAir | Singapore | 25 |
Orient Thai Airlines | Thailand | 22 |
Nok Air | Thailand | 21 |
AirAsia X | Malaysia | 18 |
GoAir | India | 17 |
Jeju Air | South Korea | 13 |
VietJet Air | Vietnam | 10 |
Malindo Air | Malaysia | 10 |
Scoot | Singapore | 6 |
Thai Lion Air | Thailand | 2 |
While governments in Asia suddenly seem keen to regulate LCC pricing, the profits of the European budget pioneer RyanAir have been on the rise, as have those of some American counterparts such as Spirit Airlines.